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[1] Jacob called to his sons, and said: “Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which will happen to you in the days to come.
[2] Assemble yourselves, and hear, you sons of Jacob.
Listen to Israel, your father.
[3] “Reuben, you are my firstborn, my might, and the beginning of my strength,
excelling in dignity, and excelling in power.
[4] Boiling over like water, you shall not excel,
because you went up to your father’s bed,
then defiled it. He went up to my couch.
[5] “Simeon and Levi are brothers.
Their swords are weapons of violence.
[6] My soul, don’t come into their council.
My glory, don’t be united to their assembly;
for in their anger they killed men.
In their self-will they hamstrung cattle.
[7] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce;
and their wrath, for it was cruel.
I will divide them in Jacob,
and scatter them in Israel.
[8] “Judah, your brothers will praise you.
Your hand will be on the neck of your enemies.
Your father’s sons will bow down before you.
[9] Judah is a lion’s cub.
From the prey, my son, you have gone up.
He stooped down, he crouched as a lion,
as a lioness.
Who will rouse him up?
[10] The scepter will not depart from Judah,
nor the ruler’s staff from between his feet,
until he comes to whom it belongs.
The obedience of the peoples will be to him.
[11] Binding his foal to the vine,
his donkey’s colt to the choice vine,
he has washed his garments in wine,
his robes in the blood of grapes.
[12] His eyes will be red with wine,
his teeth white with milk.
[13] “Zebulun will dwell at the haven of the sea.
He will be for a haven of ships.
His border will be on Sidon.
[14] “Issachar is a strong donkey,
lying down between the saddlebags.
[15] He saw a resting place, that it was good,
the land, that it was pleasant.
He bows his shoulder to the burden,
and becomes a servant doing forced labor.
[16] “Dan will judge his people,
as one of the tribes of Israel.
[17] Dan will be a serpent on the trail,
an adder in the path,
that bites the horse’s heels,
so that his rider falls backward.
[18] I have waited for your salvation, Yahweh. [19] “A troop will press on Gad,
but he will press on their heel.
[20] “Asher’s food will be rich.
He will produce royal dainties.
[21] “Naphtali is a doe set free,
who bears beautiful fawns.
[22] “Joseph is a fruitful vine,
a fruitful vine by a spring.
His branches run over the wall.
[23] The archers have severely grieved him,
shot at him, and persecuted him:
[24] But his bow remained strong.
The arms of his hands were made strong,
by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob,
(from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
[25] even by the God of your father, who will help you,
by the Almighty, who will bless you,
with blessings of heaven above,
blessings of the deep that lies below,
blessings of the breasts, and of the womb.
[26] The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of my ancestors,
above the boundaries of the ancient hills.
They will be on the head of Joseph,
on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
[27] “Benjamin is a ravenous wolf.
In the morning he will devour the prey.
At evening he will divide the plunder.”
[28] All these are the twelve tribes of Israel, and this is what their father spoke to them, and blessed them. He blessed everyone according to his own blessing. [29] He instructed them, and said to them, “I am to be gathered to my people. Bury me with my fathers in the cave that is in the field of Ephron the Hittite, [30] in the cave that is in the field of Machpelah, which is before Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field from Ephron the Hittite as a burial place. [31] There they buried Abraham and Sarah, his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah, his wife, and there I buried Leah: [32] the field and the cave that is therein, which was purchased from the children of Heth.” [33] When Jacob finished charging his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, breathed his last breath, and was gathered to his people.
King James Version

Jacob’s Blessing

[1] And Jacob H3290 called H7121 unto H413 his sons, H1121 and said, H559 Gather yourselves together, H622 that I may tell H5046 you that H853 which H834 shall befall H7122 you H853 in the last H319 days. H3117
[2] Gather yourselves together, H6908 and hear, H8085 ye sons H1121 of Jacob; H3290
And hearken H8085 unto H413 Israel H3478 your father. H1
[3] Reuben, H7205 thou H859 art my firstborn, H1060 my might, H3581 and the beginning H7225 of my strength, H202
The excellency H3499 of dignity, H7613 and the excellency H3499 of power: H5794
[4] Unstable H6349 as water, H4325 thou shalt H3498 not H408 excel; H3498
Because H3588 thou wentest up H5927 to thy father’s H1 bed; H4904
Then H227 defiledst thou H2490 it: he went up H5927 to my couch. H3326§
[5] Simeon H8095 and Levi H3878 are brethren; H251
Instruments H3627 of cruelty H2555§ are in their habitations. H4380
[6] O my soul, H5315 come H935 not H408 thou H935 into their secret; H5475
Unto their assembly, H6951 mine honour, H3519 be H3161 not H408 thou united: H3161
For H3588 in their anger H639 they slew H2026 a man, H376
And in their selfwill H7522 they digged down H6131 a wall. H7794§
[7] Cursed H779 be their anger, H639 for H3588 it was fierce; H5794
And their wrath, H5678 for H3588 it was cruel: H7185
I will divide them H2505 in Jacob, H3290
And scatter them H6327 in Israel. H3478
[8] Judah, H3063 thou H859 art he whom H3034 thy brethren H251 shall praise: H3034
Thy hand H3027 shall be in the neck H6203 of thine enemies; H341
Thy father’s H1 children H1121 shall bow down H7812 before thee.
[9] Judah H3063 is a lion’s H738 whelp: H1482
From the prey, H2964 my son, H1121 thou art gone up: H5927
He stooped down, H3766 he couched H7257 as a lion, H738
And as an old lion; H3833 who H4310 shall rouse him up? H6965
[10] The sceptre H7626 shall H5493 not H3808 depart H5493 from Judah, H3063
Nor a lawgiver H2710 from between H996 his feet, H7272
Until H5704 H3588 Shiloh H7886 come; H935
And unto him shall the gathering H3349 of the people H5971 be.
[11] Binding H631 his foal H5895 unto the vine, H1612
And his ass’s H860 colt H1121 unto the choice vine; H8321
He washed H3526 his garments H3830 in wine, H3196
And his clothes H5497 in the blood H1818 of grapes: H6025
[12] His eyes H5869 shall be red H2447 with wine, H3196
And his teeth H8127 white H3836 with milk. H2461
[13] Zebulun H2074 shall dwell H7931 at the haven H2348 of the sea; H3220
And he H1931 shall be for an haven H2348 of ships; H591
And his border H3411 shall be unto H5921 Zidon. H6721
[14] Issachar H3485 is a strong H1634 ass H2543
Couching down H7257 between H996 two burdens: H4942
[15] And he saw H7200 that H3588 rest H4496 was good, H2896
And H853 the land H776 that H3588 it was pleasant; H5276
And bowed H5186 his shoulder H7926 to bear, H5445
And became H1961 a servant H5647 unto tribute. H4522
[16] Dan H1835 shall judge H1777 his people, H5971
As one H259 of the tribes H7626 of Israel. H3478
[17] Dan H1835 shall be H1961 a serpent H5175 by H5921 the way, H1870
An adder H8207§ in H5921 the path, H734
That biteth H5391 the horse H5483 heels, H6119
So that his rider H7392 shall fall H5307 backward. H268
[18] I have waited H6960 for thy salvation, H3444 O Lord. H3068
[19] Gad, H1410 a troop H1416 shall overcome him: H1464
But he H1931 shall overcome H1464 at the last. H6119
[20] Out of Asher H836 his bread H3899 shall be fat, H8082
And he H1931 shall yield H5414 royal H4428 dainties. H4574
[21] Naphtali H5321 is a hind H355 let loose: H7971
He giveth H5414 goodly H8233 words. H561
[22] Joseph H3130 is a fruitful H6509 bough, H1121
Even a fruitful H6509 bough H1121 by H5921 a well; H5869
Whose branches H1323§ run H6805 over H5921 the wall: H7791
[23] The archers H1167 H2671 have sorely grieved him, H4843
And shot H7232 at him, and hated him: H7852
[24] But his bow H7198 abode H3427 in strength, H386
And the arms H2220 of his hands H3027 were made strong H6339
By the hands H3027 of the mighty H46 God of Jacob; H3290
(From thence H8033 is the shepherd, H7462 the stone H68 of Israel:) H3478
[25] Even by the God H410 of thy father, H1 who shall help thee; H5826
And by H854 the Almighty, H7706 who shall bless thee H1288
With blessings H1293 of heaven H8064 above, H5920
Blessings H1293 of the deep H8415 that lieth H7257 under, H8478
Blessings H1293 of the breasts, H7699 and of the womb: H7356
[26] The blessings H1293 of thy father H1
Have prevailed H1396 above H5921 the blessings H1293 of my progenitors H2029
Unto H5704 the utmost bound H8379 of the everlasting H5769 hills: H1389
They shall be H1961 on the head H7218 of Joseph, H3130
And on the crown of the head H6936 of him that was separate H5139 from his brethren. H251
[27] Benjamin H1144 shall ravin H2963 as a wolf: H2061
In the morning H1242 he shall devour H398 the prey, H5706
And at night H6153 he shall divide H2505 the spoil. H7998

Death of Jacob

[28] All H3605 these H428 are the twelve H8147 H6240 tribes H7626 of Israel: H3478 and this H2063 is it that H834 their father H1 spake H1696 unto them, and blessed H1288 them; H853 every one H376 H834 according to his blessing H1293 he blessed H1288 them. H853
[29] And he charged H6680 them, H853 and said H559 unto them, H413 I H589 am to be gathered H622 unto H413 my people: H5971 bury H6912 me H853 with H413 my fathers H1 in H413 the cave H4631 that H834 is in the field H7704 of Ephron H6085 the Hittite, H2850 [30] in the cave H4631 that H834 is in the field H7704 of Machpelah, H4375 which H834 is before H5921 H6440 Mamre, H4471 in the land H776 of Canaan, H3667 which H834 Abraham H85 bought H7069 with H853 the field H7704 of H854 Ephron H6085 the Hittite H2850 for a possession H272 of a buryingplace. H6913 [31] There H8033 they buried H6912 H853 Abraham H85 and H853 Sarah H8283 his wife; H802 there H8033 they buried H6912 H853 Isaac H3327 and H853 Rebekah H7259 his wife; H802 and there H8033 I buried H6912 H853 Leah. H3812 [32] The purchase H4735 of the field H7704 and of the cave H4631 that H834 is therein was from H854 the children H1121 of Heth. H2845 [33] And when Jacob H3290 had made an end H3615 of commanding H6680 H853 his sons, H1121 he gathered up H622 his feet H7272 into H413 the bed, H4296 and yielded up the ghost, H1478 and was gathered H622 unto H413 his people. H5971

Footnotes

  1. § 49:4 Or, my couch is gone
  2. § 49:5 Or, their swords are weapons of violence
  3. § 49:6 Or houghed oxen
  4. § 49:17 Heb. an arrow snake
  5. § 49:22 Heb. daughters
Septuaginta
[1] Ἐκάλεσεν G2564 δὲ G1161 Ιακωβ G2384 τοὺς G3588 υἱοὺς G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 Συνάχθητε, G4863 ἵνα G2443 ἀναγγείλω G312 ὑμῖν, G5213 τί G5101 ἀπαντήσει G528 ὑμῖν G5213 ἐπ’ G1909 ἐσχάτων G2078 τῶν G3588 ἡμερῶν· G2250 [2] ἀθροίσθητε καὶ G2532 ἀκούσατε, G191 υἱοὶ G5207 Ιακωβ, G2384 ἀκούσατε G191 Ισραηλ G2474 τοῦ G3588 πατρὸς G3962 ὑμῶν. G5216 [3] Ρουβην, G4502 πρωτότοκός G4416 μου G3450 σύ, G4771 ἰσχύς G2479 μου G3450 καὶ G2532 ἀρχὴ G746 τέκνων G5043 μου, G3450 σκληρὸς G4642 φέρεσθαι G5342 καὶ G2532 σκληρὸς G4642 αὐθάδης. G829 [4] Ἐξύβρισας ὡς G5613 ὕδωρ, G5204 μὴ G3361 ἐκζέσῃς· ἀνέβης G305 γὰρ G1063 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 κοίτην G2845 τοῦ G3588 πατρός G3962 σου· G4675 τότε G5119 ἐμίανας G3392 τὴν G3588 στρωμνήν, οὗ G3757 ἀνέβης. G305 [5] Συμεων G4826 καὶ G2532 Λευι G3017 ἀδελφοί· G80 συνετέλεσαν G4931 ἀδικίαν G93 ἐξ G1537 αἱρέσεως G139 αὐτῶν. G846 [6] Εἰς G1519 βουλὴν G1012 αὐτῶν G846 μὴ G3361 ἔλθοι G2064 ἡ G3588 ψυχή G5590 μου, G3450 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 τῇ G3588 συστάσει αὐτῶν G846 μὴ G3361 ἐρείσαι G2043 τὰ G3588 ἥπατά μου, G3450 ὅτι G3754 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 θυμῷ G2372 αὐτῶν G846 ἀπέκτειναν G615 ἀνθρώπους G444 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 ἐπιθυμίᾳ G1939 αὐτῶν G846 ἐνευροκόπησαν ταῦρον. G5022 [7] Ἐπικατάρατος G1944 ὁ G3588 θυμὸς G2372 αὐτῶν, G846 ὅτι G3754 αὐθάδης, G829 καὶ G2532 ἡ G3588 μῆνις αὐτῶν, G846 ὅτι G3754 ἐσκληρύνθη· G4645 διαμεριῶ G1266 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐν G1722 Ιακωβ G2384 καὶ G2532 διασπερῶ G1289 αὐτοὺς G846 ἐν G1722 Ισραηλ. G2474 [8] Ιουδα, σὲ G4571 αἰνέσαισαν G134 οἱ G3588 ἀδελφοί G80 σου· G4675 αἱ G3588 χεῖρές G5495 σου G4675 ἐπὶ G1909 νώτου G3577 τῶν G3588 ἐχθρῶν G2190 σου· G4675 προσκυνήσουσίν G4352 σοι G4671 οἱ G3588 υἱοὶ G5207 τοῦ G3588 πατρός G3962 σου. G4675 [9] Σκύμνος λέοντος G3023 Ιουδα· ἐκ G1537 βλαστοῦ, υἱέ G5207 μου, G3450 ἀνέβης· G305 ἀναπεσὼν G377 ἐκοιμήθης G2837 ὡς G5613 λέων G3023 καὶ G2532 ὡς G5613 σκύμνος· τίς G5101 ἐγερεῖ G1453 αὐτόν; G846 [10] Οὐκ G3756 ἐκλείψει G1587 ἄρχων G758 ἐξ G1537 Ιουδα καὶ G2532 ἡγούμενος G2233 ἐκ G1537 τῶν G3588 μηρῶν G3382 αὐτοῦ, G846 ἕως G2193 ἂν G302 ἔλθῃ G2064 τὰ G3588 ἀποκείμενα G606 αὐτῷ, G846 καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 προσδοκία G4329 ἐθνῶν. G1484 [11] Δεσμεύων G1195 πρὸς G4314 ἄμπελον G288 τὸν G3588 πῶλον G4454 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 τῇ G3588 ἕλικι τὸν G3588 πῶλον G4454 τῆς G3588 ὄνου G3688 αὐτοῦ· G846 πλυνεῖ G4150 ἐν G1722 οἴνῳ G3631 τὴν G3588 στολὴν G4749 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐν G1722 αἵματι G129 σταφυλῆς G4718 τὴν G3588 περιβολὴν αὐτοῦ· G846 [12] χαροποὶ οἱ G3588 ὀφθαλμοὶ G3788 αὐτοῦ G846 ἀπὸ G575 οἴνου, G3631 καὶ G2532 λευκοὶ G3022 οἱ G3588 ὀδόντες G3599 αὐτοῦ G846 ἢ G2228 γάλα. G1051 [13] Ζαβουλων G2194 παράλιος G3882 κατοικήσει, G2730 καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 παρ’ G3844 ὅρμον πλοίων, G4143 καὶ G2532 παρατενεῖ G3905 ἕως G2193 Σιδῶνος. G4605 [14] Ισσαχαρ τὸ G3588 καλὸν G2570 ἐπεθύμησεν G1937 ἀναπαυόμενος G373 ἀνὰ G303 μέσον G3319 τῶν G3588 κλήρων· G2819 [15] καὶ G2532 ἰδὼν G1492 τὴν G3588 ἀνάπαυσιν G372 ὅτι G3754 καλή, καὶ G2532 τὴν G3588 γῆν G1093 ὅτι G3754 πίων, ὑπέθηκεν G5294 τὸν G3588 ὦμον G5606 αὐτοῦ G846 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 πονεῖν καὶ G2532 ἐγενήθη G1096 ἀνὴρ G435 γεωργός. G1092 [16] Δαν κρινεῖ G2919 τὸν G3588 ἑαυτοῦ G1438 λαὸν G2992 ὡσεὶ G5616 καὶ G2532 μία G3391 φυλὴ G5443 ἐν G1722 Ισραηλ. G2474 [17] Καὶ G2532 γενηθήτω G1096 Δαν ὄφις G3789 ἐφ’ G1909 ὁδοῦ G3598 ἐγκαθήμενος ἐπὶ G1909 τρίβου, G5147 δάκνων G1143 πτέρναν G4418 ἵππου, G2462 καὶ G2532 πεσεῖται G4098 ὁ G3588 ἱππεὺς G2460 εἰς G1519 τὰ G3588 ὀπίσω. G3694 [18] Τὴν G3588 σωτηρίαν G4991 περιμένω G4037 κυρίου. G2962 [19] Γαδ, G1045 πειρατήριον πειρατεύσει αὐτόν, G846 αὐτὸς G846 δὲ G1161 πειρατεύσει αὐτῶν G846 κατὰ G2596 πόδας. G4228 [20] Ασηρ, G768 πίων αὐτοῦ G846 ὁ G3588 ἄρτος, G740 καὶ G2532 αὐτὸς G846 δώσει G1325 τρυφὴν G5172 ἄρχουσιν. G758 [21] Νεφθαλι G3508 στέλεχος ἀνειμένον, G447 ἐπιδιδοὺς G1929 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 γενήματι G1081 κάλλος. [22] Υἱὸς G5207 ηὐξημένος G837 Ιωσηφ, G2501 υἱὸς G5207 ηὐξημένος G837 ζηλωτός, υἱός G5207 μου G3450 νεώτατος· G3501 πρός G4314 με G3165 ἀνάστρεψον. G390 [23] Εἰς G1519 ὃν G3739 διαβουλευόμενοι ἐλοιδόρουν, G3058 καὶ G2532 ἐνεῖχον G1758 αὐτῷ G846 κύριοι G2962 τοξευμάτων· [24] καὶ G2532 συνετρίβη G4937 μετὰ G3326 κράτους G2904 τὰ G3588 τόξα G5115 αὐτῶν, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐξελύθη G1590 τὰ G3588 νεῦρα βραχιόνων G1023 χειρῶν G5495 αὐτῶν G846 διὰ G1223 χεῖρα G5495 δυνάστου G1413 Ιακωβ, G2384 ἐκεῖθεν G1564 ὁ G3588 κατισχύσας G2729 Ισραηλ· G2474 [25] παρὰ G3844 θεοῦ G2316 τοῦ G3588 πατρός G3962 σου, G4675 καὶ G2532 ἐβοήθησέν G997 σοι G4671 ὁ G3588 θεὸς G2316 ὁ G3588 ἐμὸς G1699 καὶ G2532 εὐλόγησέν G2127 σε G4571 εὐλογίαν G2129 οὐρανοῦ G3772 ἄνωθεν G509 καὶ G2532 εὐλογίαν G2129 γῆς G1093 ἐχούσης G2192 πάντα· G3956 ἕνεκεν G1752 εὐλογίας G2129 μαστῶν G3149 καὶ G2532 μήτρας, G3388 [26] εὐλογίας G2129 πατρός G3962 σου G4675 καὶ G2532 μητρός G3384 σου· G4675 ὑπερίσχυσεν ἐπ’ G1909 εὐλογίαις G2129 ὀρέων G3735 μονίμων καὶ G2532 ἐπ’ G1909 εὐλογίαις G2129 θινῶν ἀενάων· ἔσονται G2071 ἐπὶ G1909 κεφαλὴν G2776 Ιωσηφ G2501 καὶ G2532 ἐπὶ G1909 κορυφῆς ὧν G3739 ἡγήσατο G2233 ἀδελφῶν. G80 [27] Βενιαμιν G958 λύκος G3074 ἅρπαξ· G727 τὸ G3588 πρωινὸν G4407 ἔδεται ἔτι G2089 καὶ G2532 εἰς G1519 τὸ G3588 ἑσπέρας G2073 διαδώσει G1239 τροφήν. G5160 [28] Πάντες G3956 οὗτοι G3778 υἱοὶ G5207 Ιακωβ G2384 δώδεκα, G1427 καὶ G2532 ταῦτα G5023 ἐλάλησεν G2980 αὐτοῖς G846 ὁ G3588 πατὴρ G3962 αὐτῶν G846 καὶ G2532 εὐλόγησεν G2127 αὐτούς, G846 ἕκαστον G1538 κατὰ G2596 τὴν G3588 εὐλογίαν G2129 αὐτοῦ G846 εὐλόγησεν G2127 αὐτούς. G846 [29] Καὶ G2532 εἶπεν G2036 αὐτοῖς G846 Ἐγὼ G1473 προστίθεμαι G4369 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 ἐμὸν G1699 λαόν· G2992 θάψατέ G2290 με G3165 μετὰ G3326 τῶν G3588 πατέρων G3962 μου G3450 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 σπηλαίῳ, G4693 ὅ G3739 ἐστιν G2076 ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 ἀγρῷ G68 Εφρων τοῦ G3588 Χετταίου, [30] ἐν G1722 τῷ G3588 σπηλαίῳ G4693 τῷ G3588 διπλῷ G1362 τῷ G3588 ἀπέναντι G561 Μαμβρη ἐν G1722 τῇ G3588 γῇ G1093 Χανααν, G5477 ὃ G3739 ἐκτήσατο G2932 Αβρααμ G11 τὸ G3588 σπήλαιον G4693 παρὰ G3844 Εφρων τοῦ G3588 Χετταίου ἐν G1722 κτήσει μνημείου· G3419 [31] ἐκεῖ G1563 ἔθαψαν G2290 Αβρααμ G11 καὶ G2532 Σαρραν G4564 τὴν G3588 γυναῖκα G1135 αὐτοῦ, G846 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἔθαψαν G2290 Ισαακ G2464 καὶ G2532 Ρεβεκκαν G4479 τὴν G3588 γυναῖκα G1135 αὐτοῦ, G846 καὶ G2532 ἐκεῖ G1563 ἔθαψα G2290 Λειαν [32] ἐν G1722 κτήσει τοῦ G3588 ἀγροῦ G68 καὶ G2532 τοῦ G3588 σπηλαίου G4693 τοῦ G3588 ὄντος G5607 ἐν G1722 αὐτῷ G846 παρὰ G3844 τῶν G3588 υἱῶν G5207 Χετ. [33] Καὶ G2532 κατέπαυσεν G2664 Ιακωβ G2384 ἐπιτάσσων G2004 τοῖς G3588 υἱοῖς G5207 αὐτοῦ G846 καὶ G2532 ἐξάρας G1808 τοὺς G3588 πόδας G4228 αὐτοῦ G846 ἐπὶ G1909 τὴν G3588 κλίνην G2825 ἐξέλιπεν G1587 καὶ G2532 προσετέθη G4369 πρὸς G4314 τὸν G3588 λαὸν G2992 αὐτοῦ. G846
Septuaginta, in place of Byzantine Greek New Testament